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Definition of: cenogenesis
(sen′ə·jen′ə·sis, sē′nə-) noun Biol.
A form of development in which the characters of an individual organism are not typical of the group to which it belongs: opposed to palingenesis. Also spelled coenogenesis, kenogenesis. [<CENO- + Gk. genesis origin]
—cen·o·ge·net·ic (sen′ə·jə·net′ik, sē′nə-)adjective
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